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... destroyed by the Arabs , as the Prophets foretold ; and out of its Ruins they built another on the other Side of the River , called Alcair , Heb . i . e . the City ; which the French call Grand Cairo , i . e . the Great City . Here it ...
... destroyed by the Arabs , as the Prophets foretold ; and out of its Ruins they built another on the other Side of the River , called Alcair , Heb . i . e . the City ; which the French call Grand Cairo , i . e . the Great City . Here it ...
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... destroy the Grass , Corn , and Fruits , wherever they go ; very common in Egypt , Africa , and other hot Countries ; they live a- bout five Months only : But thefe were extraordinary , both for their Number and the End for which they ...
... destroy the Grass , Corn , and Fruits , wherever they go ; very common in Egypt , Africa , and other hot Countries ; they live a- bout five Months only : But thefe were extraordinary , both for their Number and the End for which they ...
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... destroying utterly ; because he was a cruel Oppreffor of his Neighbours . A King of the Amorites , who refufed the I- raelites a Paffage through his Do- minions into Canaan , which oc- cafioned a bloody War ; but they vanquished him ...
... destroying utterly ; because he was a cruel Oppreffor of his Neighbours . A King of the Amorites , who refufed the I- raelites a Paffage through his Do- minions into Canaan , which oc- cafioned a bloody War ; but they vanquished him ...
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... were tempted by the wicked Counsel of Baalam to commit Fornicati- on with the Women of Moab . and to facrifice to this Devil ; which provoked God to destroy twenty- twenty four thousand of them . Here grew that Wood 34 Book I , MILTON's.
... were tempted by the wicked Counsel of Baalam to commit Fornicati- on with the Women of Moab . and to facrifice to this Devil ; which provoked God to destroy twenty- twenty four thousand of them . Here grew that Wood 34 Book I , MILTON's.
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... destroyed , when Chriftiani- ty prevailed there ; but her Statue was preferved in the Abby of St. Germain des Pez , to the Year 1514 . ( y ) Orus . XII . Egypt , from the Heb . i . e . Light . The Son of is , another King of Egypt ...
... destroyed , when Chriftiani- ty prevailed there ; but her Statue was preferved in the Abby of St. Germain des Pez , to the Year 1514 . ( y ) Orus . XII . Egypt , from the Heb . i . e . Light . The Son of is , another King of Egypt ...
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ADAM Adam and Eve Afia againſt alfo Anfwer Angels antient Beafts becauſe beft behold called Canaan Caufe cauſe Chaldea Cherubim City Courſe Creatures Darkneſs DEATH defcended defcribed Defire deftroyed Eaft Earth Egypt elfe Ethiopia Evil Eyes fafe faid fallen Angel fame Father fecond feek feemed feen fent ferve feven fhall fhining fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpoke Fruit ftand ftill ftood fuch fweet Glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf holy juft Jupiter King laft lefs Light live loft Love Mediterranean Sea Mifery moft moſt Mountain muft muſt Name Night Number paffed PARADISE Place pleaſant pleaſed Pleaſure Power prefent raiſed Reafon reft rifing River SATAN Serpent ſhall Spirits ſtood Tafte Tatars thee thefe themſelves thence ther theſe Things thofe thoſe thou Thoughts thouſand Throne Tree uſed vaft Weft whofe Wiſdom worfe World
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Page 139 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 239 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 242 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 304 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 244 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 361 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 397 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 338 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 240 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Page 397 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.